tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554007940979088731.post2288809082262835255..comments2023-05-13T10:51:11.506-04:00Comments on Donna Rosser: Leave Your Ego at the DoorDonna Rosserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397276919878496360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554007940979088731.post-44210470328261031312012-02-03T09:18:26.514-05:002012-02-03T09:18:26.514-05:00The best advice I've ever had about juried sho...The best advice I've ever had about juried shows was, tell yourself in advance that you are doing it for the rejection slip, that you are making a collection of rejection slips and you want more of them. <br>That way, when you get rejected (and the person giving this advice said you will get rejected, that a 20% acceptance rate is a sign of success), you will say to yourself you got what you wanted, you will not be discouraged, and you will enter more shows because that way you will get more of what you really want, which is the rejection slips.<br>As a result, you create for yourself more opportunities to have work accepted, which will improve your odds. <br>I will say that as I have collected rejection slips, I have come to recognize the rhetoric of rejection. Any response about a show, for example, that begins, "We had a lot of entries for this show" will not end happily.John N. Wall/Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254481230305150899noreply@blogger.com